Make A Living But Fail Not To Live Poem by Bashyam Narayanan

Make A Living But Fail Not To Live



Making a living versus living

What exactly is living?

Living is doing things the way you want
Living is doing things the time when you want
Like
Walking when you want to walk
And that far and that fast you want
Talking when you want to talk
And that much and that loud you want
Eating when you want to eat
And that much and that cuisine you want
Crying when you want to cry
And that much time and that much regretful you want
Laughing when you want to laugh
And that much loud and that much cheerful you want
And so on
Many of us, if not most of us
Spend a lot time in making a living
With practically no time left
For really living

Allocate each day a time to live
And apportion a time to make a living
Let not these overlap
And again we assign ourselves many things
For the benefit of others,
Especially in the family and the loved ones
Nothing wrong, as it is only natural
But, know also you have to live for you too

Spend some time each day
Focusing on your care
Talk to yourself
Enquiring its welfare

Thank your sensory organs for
Being receptive to stimulants
And giving you the right information
Thank your other quiet performers
Of your body
Who help you perform physically

Simply
Make a living
But
Fail not to live

Thursday, November 27, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: life
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